Radha Krishna Patra (24 November 1942—28 January 2015) was an Indian judge and former Chief Justice of the

Sikkim High Court The Sikkim High Court is the High Court of the Indian state of Sikkim Sikkim ( ; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in northeastern India. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north and northeast, Bhuta ...

Career

Patra was enrolled as an advocate in 1966 and started practice in the

Orissa High Court The Orissa High Court is the High Courts of India, High Court for the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Odisha. The then Bengal Presidency was a vast province including present day Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and West ...

on Civil, Criminal, Revenue, Constitutional and Taxation matters. He served as Standing Counsel in Orissa High Court since 1974. Patra worked there as a Government advocate. On 22 June 1992 he was appointed an Additional Judge of Orissa High Court. He was elevated to the post of Chief Justice of the Sikkim High Court on 9 July 2003 and retired on 23 November 2004. After the retirement Justice Patra was appointed the Chairperson of Odisha Human Rights Commission. He led the Commission of Enquiry for the multi crore chit fund scam in the state of

Odisha Odisha (), formerly Orissa (List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2011), is a States and union territories of India, state located in East India, Eastern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by ar ...

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1942 births 2015 deaths Judges of the Orissa High Court Chief justices of the Sikkim High Court 20th-century Indian judges 21st-century Indian judges {{India-law-bio-stub